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Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese and Swans), AOU Numbers 129.0 - 181.0 Longevity Records

Species
Number
Common
Name
Age
Yrs-Mos
1290 Common Merganser 13-05
1300 Red-breasted Merganser 9-01
1310 Hooded Merganser 11-06
1320 Mallard 26-04
1321 Hawaiian Duck 3-08
1322 Laysan Duck 11-10
1330 American Black Duck 26-05
1331 Mexican Duck 5-06
1340 Mottled Duck 13-05
1350 Gadwall 19-06
1360 Eurasian Wigeon 8-07
1370 American Wigeon 20-11
1390 American Green-winged Teal 20-03
1400 Blue-winged Teal 23-03
1410 Cinnamon Teal 12-11
1420 Northern Shoveler 18-07
1430 Northern Pintail 22-03
1431 White-cheeked Pintail 6-03
1440 Wood Duck 22-06
1460 Redhead 22-07
1470 Canvasback 29-06
1480 Greater Scaup 18-06
1490 Lesser Scaup 18-04
1500 Ring-necked Duck 20-05
1510 Common Goldeneye 18-05
1520 Barrow's Goldeneye 15-04
1530 Bufflehead 18-08
1540 Oldsquaw 15-07
1550 Harlequin Duck 14-07
1570 Steller's Eider 23-00
1580 Spectacled Eider 8-10
1590 Common Eider 22-07
1620 King Eider 18-11
1630 Black Scoter 7-06
1650 White-winged Scoter 18-01
1660 Surf Scoter 7-11
1670 Ruddy Duck 13-07
1690 Lesser Snow Goose (white) 27-06
1691 Lesser Snow Goose (blue) 25-06
1700 Ross' Goose 22-06
1710 Greater White-fronted Goose 25-06
1720 Canada Goose (all races) 30-04
1730 Atlantic Brant 24-07
1740 Black Brant 28-06
1751 Hawaiian Goose 18-11
1760 Emperor Goose 12-00
1770 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 8-02
1780 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 11-02
1782 Mute Swan 26-09
1800 Whistling Swan 30-07
1810 Trumpeter Swan 23-10

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